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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1h

Donald Trump's golf courses in Scotland are continuing to lose money, recording losses for the 13th consecutive year 👇

Donald Trump's Scottish golf courses record another year of losses

www.thenational.scot

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DocAtCDI @docatcdi.com · 5h

Eyelashes are supposed to prevent things from getting in your eyes, but when I do have something in my eye, it's always an eyelash.

Eyeronic.

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 5h

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 5h

The Reform Party now takes cryptocurrency donations. Ireland banned them. The UK welcomes them. And Farage calls it freedom. It’s not. It’s money without accountability – and that’s a threat to democracy, argues Prof Richard Murphy.

@eastangliabylines.co.uk

Cryptocurrency: lawlessness disguised as liberty

Cryptocurrency is sold as radical innovation and financial liberation. In reality, it’s an old familiar story: fraud

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 13h

Zack Polanski: "If the straight question is, ‘would I abolish the monarchy' - yeah, absolutely.”
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

open.substack.com

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 8h

More than 50 years after their formation, Aerosmith have yet to make a single Aero

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Larry Hochman @larryhochman.bsky.social · 8h

You’re welcome.

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 2d

It's frog meme week....

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Jacqueline Meldrum - Easy Vegan Recipes @tinnedtoms.bsky.social · 11h

Today I thought I would share this Baked Harrisa Tofu Popcorn, It's so good! Crispy on the outside and chewy inside.
.https://www.tinnedtomatoes.com/2021/03/baked-harissa-popcorn-tofu.html
#tofu #dairyfree #vegan #veganfood #vegansky #veganrecipes

Crispy tofu bites served with dips and a piece cut in half to show the chewy centre.

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wytchhazel.bsky.social @wytchhazel.bsky.social · 11h

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flora.metazooa.com
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flora.metazooa.com

wytchhazel.bsky.social @wytchhazel.bsky.social · 22h

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 1d

Covid was a wasted opportunity. During lockdown the climate of earth drastically improved, outdated work practices were uprooted & people had time for their own lives. It's a shame none of that continued.

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 1d

Figured out what this picture reminded me of...

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wytchhazel.bsky.social @wytchhazel.bsky.social · 1d

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wytchhazel.bsky.social @wytchhazel.bsky.social · 1d

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Aberdeen City Arts Board @adeencityartsboard.bsky.social · 2d

Life Hack:
If your elected officials are targeting anti fascists. That makes them Fascists.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sure they didn’t mean to eliminate the woman in this image.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 2d

“Antifa is not an identifiable group... On the basis of that lack of definition, it’s very challenging, if not counterproductive, to try and designate it.”

The point being lost. Chasing ghosts with limited resources, results in missing threats elsewhere. ~AA

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

European far right follows Trump in calling for antifa to be declared terrorists

Netherlands and Hungary move towards designation as draft resolution reportedly backed by 79 MEPs in 20 countries

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 2d

This deserves more attention than it has received.

Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".

Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...